Railway-chair.



G. F. WILLIAMSON.

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1,121,216. Patented Dec. 15,1914.

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G. F. WILLIAMSON.

RAILWAY GHAIB.

APPLIOATION PILED MAY 18, 1914.

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G. F. WILLIAMSON.

RAILWAY CHAIR.

APPLICATION rILED MAY 13, 1914.

1,121,216. Patented Dec.15,1914.

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RAILWAY CHAIR.

APPLICATION rILEn MAY a, 1914.

1,121,216. Patented Dec.15,1914.

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G. F. WILLIAMSON.

RAILWAY GHAIR.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 18. 1914.

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RAILWAY GHAIR.

APPLIUATION PILED MAY 18.1914.

1,121,216, Patented Dec. 15,1914.

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G. F. WILLIAMSON.

RAILWAY GHAIR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 13, 1914.

1,121,216. Patented Dec. 15,1914.

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GEORGE FREDERICK JVILLLJ/'ON, OF VELLZNGBGROUGB, ENGLAND.

RAILWAY-CEAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented Dec., 15, 1914.

Application filed May 18, 1914. :e'ial No. 833,437.

To aZZ whom z't may concern Be it known that 1, GEORGE Fnnonmo:

NLnmmsoN, a subject of the King of Great Britain and ireland, residing at Midland T` .U oundry, VVelhngborough, ingland, have invented certain new and useial Improvements in RailwayCh-alrs of which the following is speeication.

This invention for IHPI'OYQHBRS in or relating to railway chairs and securing the keys th rein has for its objectto provide a means f r preventing Wecge keys shaking loose and coming out and consists in securing to any usnal netal orwooden :ey a metal looking plate With a prong or prongs and in forning a Curved groove or grooves in the chair jaW adapted to receive the prong or prongs as the key is driven home, and to bend the same and thus look the key in position.

In one praotical form of this invention tWo Curved grooves are formed in the inner face of the key side of the chair jaw, the grooves being prei'e'ably enlarged at the entering ends for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

A looking plate provided With prongs corresponding' to the grooves is attached to the usual metal or wooden key by a screw or the like and on the key being driven in the p'ongs bend to follow the curve of the two grooves in the Chair aW.

The invention is hereinafter descrihed with reference to the acconpanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is an end View of rail chair applied to a rail With the looking plate and key in position, Fig. 2 is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig., 3 is a plan of the same. Fig. l is a longitudinal section taken through the base of the chair showing the inner face of the outer jaW in elevation. Figs. 5 to 7 are Similar Views to Fig. 2 showing' the key in first, intermediate and final looking' position respectii'ely. Fig. 8 is a side View of the key With the looking plate thereon ready for driving. Fig. 9 is a similar View to Fig. 8 illustrating the bend of the pronnjs of the looking platc when the key is fully driven in. Fig. 10 is a Similar View to Figs. 8 and 9 illustrating the shape of the prongs When the key has been drawn out of the chair. Fig. 11 is an inside elevation of a slightly modified form of looking plate. Fig. 12 is an inside elevation of the chair jaw with which the plate is to be used.

Figs. 13 and 14 are elevations of a looking plate and chair jaw of modified form of construction. 15 illustrates the shape of the looking plate prongs after being driven out. F 16 and 17 illust'ate in ele- Vation, modified forns of chair jaws With grooves shaped to receive the looking plates from either end. Figs. 18 to 20 are side ele- Vation end eleyation and plan respectively of a cast iron key to which the looking plate is applicahle as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 18 and 19. Ein'. ?l an elevation of the inner face of the key. Figs. 22 to l are end elevation side elevation and plan respeetii'ely of ,a chair With slightly modified form of looking' plate, and Fig. is an inside elevation of the grooved chair jaw for receiving the looking plate.

In Figs. l to 'T the chair a, key Z) and locking plate c are shown applied to the 'iil rl., the key being driven fully home except in 5 and 6.

;is clearly shown in Fig. et, the outer chair jaw a has two Curved grooves e fornied in its inner face and running' in the direction in which the key is driven, the sides of the grooves being parallel except at the entering ends e Where the grooves are preterably enlarged as shown. The looking plate c illus trated in detail in Figs. 8 to 10 consists of a Sheet steel plate bent at right angles at one end to lie over the end of the key b, and having prong-like extensions 0 at the other end intended to enter the grooves e in the chair jaw When the key is driVen in between the chair jaW and rail. A screw f is passed through the looking plate for fixing' it to the key b, and the corners 0 of the bent over partof the plate are also beni' to enter the,

end of the key to assist in holding' the plate.

The key b is shown in Fig. 5 in the p0sition it usually occupies When first driven in the chair. In this position the prongs 0 of the looking plate are bent sufficiently by reason of the curvature of the entering ends of the grooves ein the chair jaw to prevent withdrawal of the key. When the key becomes slack and is driven farther in as shown in Fig. 6, the looking action of the grooves e on the prongs 0 is increased'by the further bending of the prongs in adapting thenselves to the curvature of the grooves. Likewise as the key reaches the positions shown in Fig. T or Fig. 2 a further bending of the p'ongs With correspondingly increased resistance to withdrawal of the same from their grooves results .When dei converging so that inorder to facilitate their re-insertion in a chair without first straightening them it is necessary "to provide the enlargenents'e in the entering endsof the grooves e as shown in Fig. 4:.` In some cases the looking device may be driven in alone, that is after the'key is in position. In the modified form ofconstruction illustrated in Fig. 11 the' looking plate 0 is formed with a serrated tongue 0 between the *prongs 0 with which an inclined surface i g provided on the chair jaw, Fig. 12, engages to force the tongue into the wood of the key.- In the form of looking plate illustrated in Figs. 13 and 15 the prongs 0 are closer together as compared with the locking plate previously desoribed and the grooves e in the chair jaws (1. are modified in shape, their sides formin'g simple curves merging into a common entering groove e Fig. 14. Instead of bending in the corners a single spur'c is provided on the edge of the plate 0 to assist in fixing it to the key. v

Fig. 15 shows the shape of .the prongs after the plate has been driven out; Figs. 16 and 17 illustrate'portions of chair jaws in which the Curved grooves 'e are enlarged at both ends to facilitate the driving in ;of the keys provided with the looking plates in either direetion. As shown in Figs. 18 to 21 the looking plate o is applioable to cast iron keys 6 these keys being recessed to receive wood compression strips ?3 which lie against the rail. The looking plate is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 18.- Projections 5 are cast on the key to provide an additional support under the rail head. 4

Gopies of'this patent may be obtained for Referring now to Figs. 22 to 25 a single groove e is formed in the chair jaw and the looking plate c has 'aflsplit shank forming prongs 0 adapted to be bent outward by a wedge shaped projeotion 72, in the groove a.

A fixing tongue 0 is stamped in the bent over end of the plate c.

What I clai1n,`and desire to seoure by Letters Patent is z- 1. A rail key fastening comprising a locking plate adapted'to be applied between the key and chair jaw, and provided with p'arallel prongs and a rail chair formed with grooves in one jaW adapted to bend the' pro'ngsof the looking plate as the key is driven in between the. chair jaw and rail,` and thus fix the looking plate and key in position substant'ially as described'.

2. In a rail key fastening a looking plate attached 'to the key and .formed with resilient parallel prongs, and concaVo-conveXo means *on the rail chair for engaging the prongs and bending same as the key is driven to fasten the key suhstantially 'as desorihed.

3. A rail key tastening' oomprising in combination a rail chair having on one side thereof alternately converging and diverging grooves, a rail seated in said chair, a key intermediate said rail and said grooves and resilient parallel prongs seeured* to said key adapted to be forced'into said grooves to prevent displacement of said key, said' prongs adapted to substantially assure their renioval from said grooves, whereby they may be used over again, and guiding means at the entranoe to said 'grooves, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses GEORGE FREDERICK IWILLIAMSON. F

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